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Rubella.
Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is a self-limited, mild viral illness that poses little danger to children or adults. For the developing fetus, however, infection with rubella virus is a grave threat, capable of inducing severe anomalies and permanent disability. Despite widespread vaccination programs, populations of susceptible individuals persist, among them women...
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The pigmentary retinopathy which may follow prenatal rubella is not rare and has been well documented in the ophthalmological literature. Gregg attributed the first observation of it to Aileen Mitchell who, in 1939, reported a case of left monocular cataract and stated 'the fundus of the right eye appeared pale and some scattered irregular spots of pigment were observed' (Gregg, 1941; 1946). Th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.299.6695.338